Laura Graham (2006) recently wrote that anthropologists are obligated to
promote human rights and social justice. Her call to action, especially among
vulnerable communities, is one felt in many disciplines. We take particular
pleasure in the range of fields represented in this volume on cultural heritage and
human rights: anthropology and archeology (Hugo Benavides, Jan French, Charles
Orser, Anne Pyburn, Helaine Silverman, Laurajane Smith, Larry Zimmerman),
architectural and landscape history (D. Fairchild Ruggles), landscape architecture
and geography (James L. Wescoat, Jr.

Culture of Cells for Tissue Engineering is a new volume in the John Wiley series
Culture of Specialized Cells, with focus on procedures for obtaining, manipulating,
and using cell sources for tissue engineering. The book has been designed to follow
the successful tradition of other Wiley books from the same series, by selecting a
limited number of diverse, important, and successful tissue engineering systems and
providing both the general background and the detailed protocols for each tissue
engineering system.

Tissue culture was first devised at the beginning of the
twentieth century [Harrison, 1907; Carrel, 1912] (Table 1.1)
as a method for studying the behavior of animal cells free
of systemic variations that might arise in vivo both during
normal homeostasis and under the stress of an experiment.
As the name implies, the technique was elaborated first
with undisaggregated fragments of tissue, and growth was
restricted to the migration of cells from the tissue fragment,
with occasional mitoses in the outgrowth.

the Global Entertainment and Media Outlook
report (2006), the worldwide market for cultural
content is worth of 1.6 trillion getting bigger than
conventioanl industries
 - US explains 44%; Japan 8.5%; Korea 2.2%
 Peter Drucker, “The success and failure of each
country will be decided by the cultural industries
in the 21st century. The final battleground is the
cultural industry."

The purpose of this book is to provide the advances in plant in vitro culture as related to perennial fruit crops and medicinal plants. Basic principles and new techniques, now available, are presented in detail. The book will be of use to researchers, teachers in biotechnology and for individuals interested to the commercial application of plant in vitro culture.

The number one predictor of your success in today’s borderless
world is not your IQ, not your resume, and not even your expertise.
It’s your CQ, a powerful capability that is proven to enhance
your effectiveness working in culturally diverse situations. And
CQ is something anyone can develop and learn. Research conducted
in more than thirty countries over the last decade has
shown that people with high CQ are better able to adjust and
adapt to the unpredictable, complex situations of life and work in
today’s globalized world.1...

Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space is the fifth volume of the series.
Focusing on the transformations and changes in human life that influence landscape
development, the book presents ‘landscape’ as the interface of human-environment
interrelationships where the different processes of change are perceived and
expressed. Theano Terkenli and Anne-Marie d’Hauteserre use this approach as a way
to introduce a collection of contemporary discussions in landscape research and
geography which look specifically at the cultural transformation and representation of
landscapes.

An organization’s culture matters a lot. That’s what John Kotter
and I concluded from a three-year study of the relationship between
corporate culture and performance in the early 1990s. CEOs generally
agree, although I’m left wondering whether some of them really
believe it or whether it’s something they’ve been conditioned to say
when reminded to do so. It’s confirmed by even the best (5-star)
investment analysts on Wall Street, a group that we might assume
would look only to financial measures in recommending investments.

Cultural diversity is one of the most important topics in the world today. Here
in the United States, we live, work, and play with an increasing number of
people from all cultures, countries, and walks of life. New immigrants alone
make up 10% of the total U.S. population, and that does not include all of the
cultural diversity that has existed in this country for decades. In many other
countries as well—in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania—people of different
countries and cultures come together more today than ever before.

Purpose
After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
● Understand the role culture can play in leadership
● Describe the three levels of culture
● Discuss the model of national culture
● Identify the impact of gender on leadership
● Discuss the role diversity plays in leadership

Cell culture is practiced extensively throughout the world today. The techniques
required to allow cells to grow and be maintained outside the body have been developed
throughout the 20th century. In the 50 years since the publication of the first
human cancer cell line, HeLa (1), thousands of cell lines representing most of the
spectrum of human cancer have been derived. These have provided tools to study in
depth the biochemistry and molecular biology associated with individual cancer types
and have helped enormously in our understanding of normal as well as cancer cell
physiology.